All of these conditions can cause damage to your pet's teeth, injury to the palate or mandible, resulting in chronic pain and or infection.

If Detected Early

Interceptive orthodontics may include:

Extraction of deciduous teeth. This oral surgery may allow normal jaw growth and the possibility that the permanent teeth will erupt in a normal occlusion.

Crown reduction (reducing the height of a tooth) - prevents penetration of a maloccluded tooth into the palate or the mandible. This procedure can also reduce attrition or abnormal wear when teeth are rubbing on other teeth.

Orthodontic movement of teeth by wires and elastics, similar to orthodontics performed in humans.

The digital x-ray to the right shows the permanent teeth located to the inside of the deciduous teeth. Oral surgery extraction of the deciduous teeth may allow normal eruption of the permanent teeth, thus correcting the malocclusion.

Thus, with early detection and treatment you can protect your precious friend from lifelong discomfort and infection caused by genetic and dental malocclusion.